Man gets over 50 stitches after being slashed by stranger outside Tufts Medical Center

John Baglio showing the -inch cut across his face from a violent attack outside of Tufts Anatomical Center in Boston You re visiting your child one minute and the next minute you re fighting for your life mentioned Baglio Baglio says he and his wife Jennifer stepped outside for fresh air while visiting their son in the hospital Friday when a man approached them Next thing I know he s throwing a punch at my husband mentioned Jennifer Jennifer an EMT watched in horror as the man and her husband wrestled to the ground and into Washington Street It was just shocking I in that moment did not feel like an emergency responder I felt like a panicked wife noted Jennifer She right away hit the call button on the blue light urgency call box near her Everything went blurry around me like I couldn t even see what was around me revealed Jennifer The only thing clear was that blue light Tufts safety responded swiftly Boston police arrested a -year-old man in connection and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon A broken crack pipe was discovered at the scene John suffered a concussion and needed more than stitches He says the affair took an emotional toll It just seems like it s really hitting me Not just how close I came to you know possibly being killed but just the trauma of it mentioned John